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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the last section, "May 24 Graduation," the author makes the trip back to his university to see ________ graduate.
(a) His daughter.
(b) His son.
(c) His son and daughter.
(d) His daughter and one of his doctoral students.

2. The author notes how perceptive the ravens are to _____________.
(a) Smells.
(b) Tastes.
(c) Sounds.
(d) Appearances.

3. The author concluded that the squirrels had developed a way of making ___________.
(a) Their own nests.
(b) Their own sugar.
(c) Their own maple syrup.
(d) Their own gum.

4. In "March 14 Storm" what is the author beginning to feel?
(a) Angry.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Cabin fever.
(d) Sick.

5. The farmer also sells some_________ here and there to make money.
(a) Trees.
(b) Bison.
(c) Deer.
(d) Flowers.

6. In the section "May 7," the author observes a few more nesting birds and notes their mating rituals are starting to _______.
(a) End.
(b) Be renewed.
(c) Begin.
(d) Increase.

7. What does the author get from a farm for his ravens?
(a) Straw.
(b) A dead calf.
(c) Seeds and nuts.
(d) A dead deer.

8. The author stumbles upon _________ moose.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

9. In "Excursions," the author and one of his students pull up samples of insects from ________.
(a) The mud.
(b) Below the ice in the stream.
(c) An old bird's nest.
(d) Near a tree.

10. In "April 28 Free Search," the author goes on a nature walk _______________.
(a) Without looking where he was going.
(b) Looking for something in particular.
(c) Without paying attention to where he was.
(d) Without looking for anything in particular.

11. How does the sample surprise the author?
(a) How many dangerous organisms live there.
(b) How dirty the water was.
(c) How much pollution accompanied those organisms.
(d) How much life is down there.

12. For how many days does the intensive class which the author teaches every winter at his cabin last?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

13. The author cooks mice for the students. How do they feel about eating mouse?
(a) They are disgusted by it.
(b) They enjoy it.
(c) They are annoyed by it.
(d) They are made ill by it.

14. The author finds a female _______________ near his cabin and follows her on her search for food.
(a) Frog.
(b) Hummingbird.
(c) Bumblebee.
(d) Squirrel.

15. Where are the students who arrive in "December 29 Winter Ecology" from?
(a) All over the country.
(b) The author's high school.
(c) All over Maine.
(d) The author's university.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author begin in "March 23"?

2. In "December 12 Rump Steak," the author discovers that the steak that he thought a friendly neighbor left him to enjoy through the winter was actually what?

3. The author has become rather sick of celebrating __________________ in the traditional American way.

4. When the deer looks at him, what does the author do?

5. In "January 6 A Discussion," what does the author notice that he might be a little odd for doing?

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